étiquette

Meaning

1. tag, label
2. etiquette, prescribed behavior

Concepts

label

etiquette

tag

sticker

price tag

tab

manners

mark

sign

ticket

placard

price-tag

electronic label

courtesy

token

conduct

brand

trade mark

recording label

tally

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.ti.kɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estiquette (“ticket, memorandum”), from Old French estiquette, from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier, estiquer (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stekan, *stikkan, *stikjan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab, to goad, to puncture”).
Akin to Old High German stehhan (“to stick, attach, nail”) (German stechen (“to stick”)),Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, be fastened”).
The French Court of Louis XIV at Versailles used étiquettes, "little cards", to remind courtiers to keep off the grass and similar rules, hence the sense of “rule”. More at English stick (verb), stitch.